Geophysical Survey Results for Uranium Prospects in Rum Jungle

Geoscience Australia's 1960/61 surveys identified a strong electromagnetic anomaly near the Rum Jungle Creek South uranium ore body. The record details further electromagnetic survey results over several other uranium prospects in the Rum Jungle district of Australia's Northern Territory. This data provides foundational geophysical evidence for mineral exploration in a historically significant mining region.

Use Cases

• Identifying conductive bodies indicative of mineralization based on electromagnetic anomaly data.
• Comparing geophysical signatures between known ore bodies and new prospects in the Rum Jungle area.
• Planning follow-up exploration campaigns using historical electromagnetic survey results.

Strengths

• Report originates from Geoscience Australia, a national geological survey organization.
• Cross-platform presence on data.gov.au indicates formal publication and curation.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are unavailable.
• The dataset appears to be a scanned document record, which may limit machine-readability.
• License and author information are not provided in the available sources.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia

Collection Method

Electromagnetic geophysical surveys conducted in the field.

Time Range

1960-1961

Freshness

Last updated metadata dates range from 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-09.

Geography

Rum Jungle district, Northern Territory, Australia